In-Class Essay #2:
Ethics/Decision-Making

1. 90 minutes.
2. Open Book (Stace, Ross, Philosophy of Care, Ethical Theories Worksheet) but no notes.
3. Online Students will write at the ASC, HU Library, Regional Site, or other Dr. Schmidt-approved proctor. May use computer if available!
4. ALL STUDENTS WRITING AT ASC OR WITH PROCTOR MUST SHOW ID.

How do-or should-people go about making good decisions? Explain three of the many theories (Revelationism, Emotivism, etc.) addressing this issue (principles/rules, nature and source of those principles/rules). What strengths and weaknesses do you observe vis-a-vis these positions?

What are your own decision-making processes? What factors, principles, etc., would you consider? Why?

Illustrate and explain your decision-making process using a real-life or hypothetical example. How would your choices and reasons in this situation compare with those of the three theories discussed above in the same circumstances? That is, explain what YOU would do in this situation (and why) and what those following the three theories would do in this situation (and why).

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